Thousands of snapshots are captured on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to enhance an object or a person, to hide confidential data or to remove annoying details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Xiaomi Redmi 5 .
To begin with we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Xiaomi Redmi 5 . Then we will see, how the blurring of a photo works on Xiaomi Redmi 5 thanks to an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Xiaomi Redmi 5
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago reserved for SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our devices, this functionality is now possible on the vast majority of smartphones. It offers the possibility of highlight the main subject of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, several procedures can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Xiaomi Redmi 5.
Blur the background of an image of your Xiaomi Redmi 5 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Xiaomi Redmi 5 can be useful for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Xiaomi Redmi 5 thus offer by default a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to carry out post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Xiaomi Redmi 5:
- Open the app » Camera From your smartphone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. In the event that this is not the case, tap the effects icon on the right of the screen.
- Select the effect » Flou "" Whirlwind " or " Zoom »Depending on the desired blur effect.
- An adjustment bar appears after that at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On some versions of your Xiaomi Redmi 5, the handling is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:
- Open your application Camera .
- Select the feature " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of an image of your Xiaomi Redmi 5 in post-production
It can sometimes happen that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. If so, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On some Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you took the picture with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on Xiaomi Redmi 5 in post-production via the settings of the mobile phone:
- See you in the Gallery from your mobile phone.
- Open the photo that you want to blur.
- Press on " Change background effect "Or "Adjust background blur "
- Select the effect that you want to add to the background.
- Adjust the focus slider of the background in order to adjust the amount of blur you want.
- To save the edited photo, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and if you ever took the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Xiaomi Redmi 5 by following this solution:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Choose image that you want to touch up.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blur .
- You must manually select the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur with the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the photo with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Xiaomi Redmi 5 using an application
In the event that the operations we have just seen cannot be performed, you still have a solution. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Xiaomi Redmi 5. The advantage of this solution is that it offers the possibility of retouch any image on your mobile phone.
There are many applications, but for a rendering almost as qualitative as with a reflex camera, and not having to change the resolution of the photos on your Xiaomi Redmi 5, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, nevertheless therefore it does it very well. It also obtains one of the best marks (4, 7/5).
To use it:
- Download application on the Google Play Store of your Xiaomi Redmi 5.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Select the image you want to blur.
- Click on the option » Edit "
- Select the area to blur or the background, the kind of blur among the many filters and effects. Then adjust its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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